Decibel‘s Top 40 Albums Of 2012
Hey it's almost Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: long-lead print publications are publishing their year-end lists!
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Hey it's almost Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: long-lead print publications are publishing their year-end lists!
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Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel.
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In five days it'll be October, which in my mind signifies the beginning of Fall. And do you know what that means?
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In my 2011 year-end roundup, I listed Agalloch 's March show at Kings as my second favorite of the year.
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Dr. Faustus is a legend from German lore.
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For most bands, writing and recording a 21-minute track that constitutes an entire EP would mean exploring and fostering new elements of their sound.
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Dark Castle guitarist Stevie Floyd takes a step into a different realm with Taurus , her new project with Ashley Spungin of Purple Rhinestone Eagle fame.
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Nevertheless, the trend of their bands covering nu-metal tracks continues with Born of Osiris covering "Science" by SOAD, one of my favorite bands of all time.
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Pacific Northwest dark metal legends Agalloch follow up their magnificent 2010 LP, Marrow Of The Spirit , with an EP, Faustian Echoes , which will feature one song, in two parts, and is (according to the band) "based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's epic masterpiece 'Faust. The song is epic even by Agalloch standards; at 21:34 it's the longest track ever recorded by the band. And while it may be broken into two parts, there have got to be more than a dozen distinct sections here — so far my favorite is the instrumental breakdown that comes in at 6:13 and builds over two minutes, but the torrential hailstorm that closes out the song is pretty knee-buckling. The EP will be released concurrently with a North American tour. Don't miss the band — an Agalloch appearance is a rare thing indeed, and more importantly, they're one of the best live bands in the word. Check out "Faustian Echoes."
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Agalloch already promised to make our summer a whole lot more wintery with a string of summer U.S. tour they announced last month , but July and August just got a whole lot more cold and blustery in the Northern Hemisphere: a bunch of dates have been added to the now 31-day trek, making this the first time I can remember (possible ever?) the band has done a full, proper U.S. tour instead of a short string of dates in one region at a time.
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To coincide with the release of their upcoming Faustian Echoes EP , the mighty Agalloch have announced a slew of summer dates spanning across the U.S., boasting a 90-120 minute headlining slot and a setlist that will vary by show.
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I've spoken of my love of Agalloch in the past, it's a band that everybody here at Metal Injection can agree about.
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Agalloch are gonna tour North America this summer, and I know what you're thinking — "It's as part of the Scream Like You Mean It Tour , right?"
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Agalloch will be on the East Coast this month for Maryland Deathfest , and will be back to the East Coast for more shows very soon.
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If anything is certain in this world, it's death, taxes and the price of Agalloch box sets.
Read MoreTo properly prep for the four day marathon of Roadburn, I flew in early and spent an extra day in Amsterdam to fight jet lag and spent some time at Excalibur and The Cave with a local metal fan originally from Poland.
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Everything in Europe is a little bit different than the states.
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Seattle's Agalloch, who I fell in love with deeply a few years ago through their atmospherical opus Ashes Against The Grain and have constantly came back and been amazed by how huge this band sounds.
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MetalSucks recently polled its staff to determine The Top 25 Modern Metal Drummers, and after an incredible amount of arguing, name calling, and physical violence, we have finalized that list!
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Inverloch take a brief respite from their musical activities and reminisce about their early days, introduce their new homies, and ponder about the current state of doom metal.
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If you're a fan of Agalloch , guitar ambient, and limited edition 7"s, have we got news for you. Portland's Anthem Records recently released +46 17' 36.30", -124 4' 20.13" , a solo 7" from Agalloch guitarist and vocalist John Haughm.
Read MoreOf all the great injustices in the world (oppressive leaders in the Middle East, the war in Darfur, Eastern European sex slave trafficking, the Yankees, etc), one stands gravely ignored: that Agalloch are more popular than Insomnium.
Read MoreFOR SHAME if you missed Agalloch's recent tour across the U.S. — these shows were the definition of EPIC.
Read MoreCavalera Conspiracy have posted their full album Blunt Force Trauma on SoundCloud .
Read MoreOn Tuesday night Vince, myself, and our pal Juggalo Bob hit up Agalloch's first-ever NYC show, and it was KILLER.
Read MoreThe first thing I want to do is apologize because this post will not do Sunday's Agalloch show at Kings justice.
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Wiz's new mixtape Cabin Fever leans hard on heaving synth bangers like his Trae collab "Phone Numbers", and those tracks sounded amazing on the Fader Fort's bass-friendly sound system.
Read MoreThat's most-likely because I don't give a fuck about South By Southwest .
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Thanks to a gracious invitation from the good folks at SXSW, Nanotear Booking will present a showcase of the finest uncompromising musical artists the West Coast has to offer.
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A while back, I commented that 2010 was going to be the year of Ludicra, and despite a certain Norwegian black metal band dropping the ball, they still were one of the most critically lauded groups of the year. 2011 could be the year of Agalloch, who Aesop Dekker also plays drums for.
Read MoreIt's pretty rare that a band touring one single region of the country they're already from is news; then again, not many bands are the mighty Agalloch.
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West Coasters can catch Agalloch this week in LA and San Francisco.
Read MoreTHERE WAS A BIT of an outcry, among those who care about these sorts of things, when Agalloch's new album Marrow of the Spirit earned a lofty 8.5 rating on Pitchfork, but failed to earn that website's coveted "Best New Music" tag.
Read MoreWhether you self-identify as a metal-attuned hipster or a hipster-hating metalhead, and whether you scan Pitchfork's reviews or prowl the message boards of the American Nihilist Underground Society, you've likely considered the shifting sound of black metal during the last decade.
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They are currently streaming the entire new Agalloch album , Marrow Of The Spirit for FREE on their site and I highly recommend you check it out.
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Read MoreIt just hits the nail on the head; if you've ever read any interviews with the band members (like the one Brandon conducted with John Haughm ) you're aware of the role nature plays in their lives and their music, and "dark metal" really captures their all-encompassing, micro-genre-busting sound perfectly.
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If your name is Adrien Begrand or Brandon Stosuy , this news does not apply to you.
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